Garment attachment



Dec. 20, 1932. ms 1,891,729

GARMENT ATTACHMENT Filed Sept. 3, 1930 A TTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 20, 1932 UNITED 'sTATEs MABGUERITE E. RISACHER, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK GARMENT ATTACHMENT Application filed September 3, 1930. Serial No. 479,485.

My invention concerns a method of incorporating in garments, in particular in elastic garments or in garments which easily tear, such as stockings, gloves, etc.,+reserve threads which are adapted to be readily removed for the purpose of mending the gar-s ment in question.

One object of my invention is to arrange in a garment, such as a stocking, a reserve thread and to mount said thread in said garment in such fashion that it is ordinarily concealed, or disposed in orderly fashion.

Another object of my invention is to attach to a stocking reserve threads which are ordinarily fixedly retained therein,.but which' may be removed from said stocking without danger of tearingthe fabric thereof.

Another object of my invention is to incorporate in a stocking uncrinkled threads which, in size and color, are matched with the material of the stocking, and which are subjected to the same wear, soiling, bleaching or laundering as the stoking itself, so that they always match the stocking and lend themselves to invisible mending thereof.

Another object of my invention is to provide a reserve thread in garments which lend themselves to stretching, said threads being fixedly mounted in said garments and disposed in the directions in which said garments are adapted to be stretched; said reserve threads prevent the stretching of said garments so that the garment may not be subjected to undue stress by careless overstretching.

These and other objects of my invention will be more readily understood fromthe following exemplary description and from the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. 1 shows a perspective of the upper end of astocking. I

Fig. 2 shows a similar view of a stocking showing a modified arrangement of my invention.

Fig. 3 shows an enlarged detail view of the arrangement of Fig. 2.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The stocking 4 of Fig. 1 is provided. at its upper end with a hem 5 which is sewed or woven to the stocking along the line 6. The stocking is provided with a vertically posed seam 7fwhich extends over the outside and inside of the hem and which is open at a slot 8, upon the inside of the hem.

Upon the inside of the hem, above the slot 8, a thread 10 istied to the seam 7 at 9. t It extends several times around the stocking, substantially upon the inside of the hem, and is tied to the seam on theinner side of the hem each time'it crosses said seam, at 11. The upper end of the thread 10, which is thus spirally disposed-in the hem, istiedupon the inside of the hem to the seam -7 by a knot The convolutions of thethread 10 are normally loosely disposed in the hem, and the length ofeaoh convolution is such that it is extendedly disposed inthe hem ofthe stocking, when the upper end ofthestocking is stretched to a safe limit. Substantially opposite "the seam 7, the convolutions ofthe thread are looped, at 13, through the inside of the hem, into the inside of the stocking. These loops 13 are the. only normally visible parts of the'thread. They show to the user of the stocking the number of the convolutions of threads provided in the hem. Furthermore, the loops serve to retainthe thread in orderly fashion substantially in horizontal alignment, upon the stocking; and a plurality of such loops may be provided for at regular intervals, if an additional support of the thread is desirable. However, experiments have shown that the threads, when supported in the manner shown in Fig. 1 ofthe 7 drawing, are ordinarily sufficiently supported by the friction of the inner walls of the hem,

to stay orderly arranged upon the stocking.

, The loops 13 also ofi'erto the user a con- 9 venient point for grasping the thread when the thread is to be pulled out of the stocking for use. That applies in particular when the stocking is not provided with a slot 8. Ordinarily that opening, however, is the means of entrance upon the hem, which allows the user to untie or sever the thread at the point where 1 it is tied upon theseam 7 The arrangement of the threads. in spiralconvolutions permits the use of a continuity of convolutions for the purpose of mending when a long mending thread tied upon said seam at a pluthread is desired. If shorter threads are to be rality of points of attachment, said thread used, just one convolution of the spirally arloosely encircling said stocking between said ranged thread may be severed from the stocking at the point where it is tied to the seam thereof, or the convolutions of the threads may be arranged circularly in the hem, each convolution being a separate thread by itself.

In the view of Fig. 2 the thread 10 is loosely extended through the loops of the picot' edge. The ends of the thread are tied upon the seam 7 of the stocking in the same manner in which the convolutions of the thread are tied upon the scam in Fig. 1. Two or more reserve threads may thus in this mannor be loopedthrough the picot edge of the stocking. In Fig. 3, I show in detail how the threads 10 extend through alternate loops 15 of the picot edge 14. The particular arrangement or order of extending the reserve threads through the loops of the picot edge isleft to the taste or fancy of the designer; it is, however, necessary to extend the thread loosely around the stocking to allow for stretching; and I do not weave, sew or stitch the reserve threads into the stocking. Such fastening of the thread would cause it to crinkle, and crinkled threads do not lend themselves to the mending of a stocking.

While I have shown and described my invention with some degree of particularity, I realize that various changes, alterations and modifications may be resorted to. v I therefore ,do'notwish to be limited to the exact construction shown, but reserve the right to make such alterationsand modffications as may well fall within the scope of the subject matter now being claimed.

lVhat I claim is V 1. In combination with a seamed stocking, a mending thread loosely encircling said stocking, ends on said thread tied upon the back seam of said stocking,and a loop in said thread extending through the wall of said stocking at the front thereof. J 2. In combination with the hem of a tubular', seamed garment, a mending thread loosely disposed in the hem of. said garment, and ends on said thread tied upon the seam of said garment, the length of said thread extending around said garment being equal to the circumference of said garment when said garment is stretched to a safe limit.

3. In combination with the hem of a tubular, seamed garment, amending thread spirally arranged in said hem, the convolutions of said thread being tied upon the seam of said garment upon one side thereof, and loops on said thread extending through the wall of said garment upon the opposite side thereof.

4. In combination with a stocking and a seam on said stocking by which said stocking is reinforced in the direction of said seam, a

points of attachment.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. MARGUERITE E. RISACHER. 

